A Room in Town

Oct 27, 1982

1h 34m

★ 6.4

Overview

Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

TF1 Films Production

UGC Films

Top n°1

Progéfi

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Cast

Édith

Dominique Sanda

François Guilbaud

Richard Berry

Edmond Leroyer

Michel Piccoli

Violette Pelletier

Fabienne Guyon

Madame Pelletier

Anna Gaylor

Dambiel

Jean-François Stévenin

Margot Langlois

Danielle Darrieux

Ménager

Jean-Louis Rolland

Mme Sforza

Marie-France Roussel

Chef des CRS

Georges Blaness

Ouvrier

Yann Dedet

Ouvrier

Nicolas Hossein

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